Sunday Pic Spam - mostly green and blue...

[curiouswombat]

It has been a lovely week, weatherwise. Dry and sunny almost every day. Good camera-carrying weather. Th result is rather a surfeit of pictures - mainly sea, hills, paths, flowers, a stream; that sort of thing.

A lot of it is rather elvish, I think. So -

Actually, I am starting with some pictures which are not in any way elvish -

This tranquil picture is a yacht in Douglas Bay, earlier in the week.



And this, equally tranquil one, was taken on Thursday, on the coast near Port Soderick -



And then, I turned around, just in time to catch this -



One of our narrow gauge steam trains passing by.

This one was taken from the Cooil Road - just a nice pattern of fields and farming -



And this was taken from almost the same place - looking towards Crosby.



And now for something rather Elven. I like to think this could be a path in Ithilien, or maybe Rivendell...



And if you had just walked down it towards the camera you would have seen...





Closer look...





Yellow flags, just by a small pool. More yellow flags, later... but now we come to the stream.









Not content with that particular Elven glen, I also have pictures for you of another Elven pathway - I think, perhaps, a corner of the Great Greenwood - or possibly a corner of the Shire and a more hobbity pathway...



And these are some of the flowers along the verge...








Some beautifully delicate cow parsley -




Some wild roses, taken for bojojoti, but sadly I didn't get close enough for the flowers to really show - there was a ditch, and they were quite high up...





And - more yellow flags. It is a good year for them this year -









It is a beautifully green time of year. Although, as my mother pointed out, if the sunshine continues unabated things will start to look very brown instead... How did you guess she is of farming stock?

I have spent most of the morning singing loudly, in a big tent, with about 2,500 others - not my usual way of worship - but rather fun. There is a music festival on, and the organisers offered the use of their enormous tent to the combined churches of the island so that we could get together. Not something for every week - but it would be good if we could do it annually!

Then, this afternoon, I have been complaining of a sore neck and shoulders; until I realised it is the very discomfort I used to get when I went to rock concerts... I had been bopping as I sang!

Comments

[ningloreth.livejournal.com]

Oh, beautiful pictures! I love the stream -- the colours in the second one are stunning -- and then the grassy path.

I've saved all the Ithilien ones and will use them (and credit you), I'm absolutely sure! [I'm actually planning the next part of Winter Magic at the moment but, of course, that's snowy...]

[melegyrn.livejournal.com]

I am...so envious! Sunshine. Blue sky. Oh!

Well, it's raining today. Cold. There's mist in the trees on the hill across the way.

Anyway, I'm a sucker for paths, and that first elf-path is tantalizing. I want to walk it!

I like the pic of the little golden flower, and the sky reflecting in the stream, and the yellow flags--they've been beautiful here as well, even with all the grey skies.

The second pic is quite nice as well. I like the color and detail of the water close to shore.

Thank you and well done!

[gillo]

Beautiful. We've had some good weather this week too, but not quite so consistent.

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

You know I adore your sea pics, but I'm starting to stalk your pathways too! The stony stream almost looks like very difficult stepping stones (if the river were wider, and higher). And I adore that daisy-strewn grass. Lawn-tenders may tut, but I love daisies!

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

All that and they filmed LotR in New Zealand! Of course, I don't know how you locals would have taken to orcs and elves and hobbits running around in your backyards. ;)

The stream is my favorite!

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

As usual, I love all your quite magical pictures, but even more, I love the idea of you bopping in church. :-)

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

They look so nice and cool. *wishes it were nice and cool here* The one with the path and the following ones with the flowers make me think of the Anne books by L. M. Montgomery, especially Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island.

[just-ann-now.livejournal.com]

Oh, so pretty! I envy you the yellow flag iris; all mine are various shades of purple.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Very lovely - and elvish - looking woodlands.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

I thought you were steering us to a clump of nettles.

[keswindhover.livejournal.com]

The flowers and streams are lovely, but I really like the first four pictures - such nice clean horizontal compositions.

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Your pics so bring out the yearning to go exploring! Beautiful.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Just beautiful. I can just imagine Elves might be around somewhere.

[ayinhara.livejournal.com]

I loved your pictures, as usual. BTW I was pleased that I identified the yellow flags as an iris. We have wild irises in Colorado also, I posted a photo of one last June:
http://ayinhara.livejournal.com/82173.html#cutid1

[jerusha]

Those pictures are just idyllic! So, so pretty.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

You know me and paths... I love the ones you've taken here. And the flowers are beautiful. As are the sea photos. I guess I should simply say they're all stunning and leave it at that!

And that must have been a very lively and fun worship service. :)

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Lovely pics! As you say, very elvish!

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

How pretty! You're clearly having lovely sunny days up there, and we're sitting in gloom and cloud down here! *pouts*. It's cold too!!!

[bedawyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, these are indeed lovely! I especially liked the first forest path, the wildflowers right after it, the first yellow flags, and the stones in the creek. Reminds me of a few I've taken at Four Quarters Farm and elsewhere, but I'm lucky if I get one really good picture every five years or so! :-)

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

What a delightful island you dwell on!

Your posts are always enjoyable, but this one was extraordinary. I'm sure that wild rose was fragrant...